ION INDIE MAGAZINE September 2015, Volume 16 | Page 39

Scotty J: You didn't? You really had no idea that song was going to take off? Jade Starling: No not really. I mean, we thought it was a good song, but we had a lot of good songs. In those days we thought we had songs that were actually better than that. I guess it's just something about it touches someone in a particular way and it seems like it affected millions of people, and we were very lucky in that way. Yes of course, I'm hoping for that same type of acceptance on the new stuff, but I can't sit here and say yes this is definitely going to happen for this song or the next song or whatever. But, as I said, one can only hope and I'm just gonna keep creating music. For me it's a passion and it's my life. Whether it becomes a Number One or Top Ten crossover Pop song, you know, it's not going to be a deterrent. We're still going to be creating music whether we're on charts or not. We just happen to be riding a wave right now, and you know, getting into the top ten on the BILLBOARD CLUB CHART opens up a lot of doors. Scotty J: No doubt. Jade Starling: You know, once you're in that realm, people start taking notice and start to pay attention, and there's definitely an element of more respect this time. Scotty J: All that said, obviously the music industry has changed so much over the years. At least for artists it was all about record sales, which is really a thing of the past at this point because of the digital age that we're in now. What would you say are some of the growing pains and what would you say are some of the biggest challenges being a recording artist today, versus twenty to twenty-five years ago? Jade Starling: The main challenge is funding. Back then, we were with Virgin Records. They basically spent a million dollars on us to make an album and to get that record to number one with “Catch Me I'm Falling”. We went on tour. They put us up. I mean they spent about a million dollars on us. At that time it was considered quite a lot of money in 1988 and 1989. The ongoing challenge has been the funding--or the lack thereof. We've done a lot on a little. We've done like, three crowd funding